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Men have a lot to learn about their own fertility
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Einstein scientist receives $7.5 million grant for congenital heart disease research
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Scripps Florida scientists find surprising answers to ‘food coma’ conundrum
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Palliative care helpful for cancer patients receiving bone marrow transplants
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Study to examine if music-based play helps young cancer patients and their parents
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New dominant ant species discovered in Ethiopia shows potential for global invasion
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UW-Madison researchers study plant aging, gain insights into crop yields and more
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Thanksgiving dinner’s carbon footprint: A state-by-state comparison
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University The environmental impact of your Thanksgiving dinner depends on where the meal is prepared. Carnegie Mellon...
Mark Chance, vice dean for research, named AAAS fellow
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Mizzou biologist receives $1.6m NIH grant to study how genes shape the effects of diets
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Young blood does not reverse aging in old mice, UC Berkeley study finds
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From champagne bubbles, dance parties and disease to new nanomaterials
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UCF research finds google glass technology may slow down response time
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Shaking things up with more control
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Micro-bubbles make big impact
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Innovative technique to curtail illegal copying of digital media
Credit: Yishi Shi, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences WASHINGTON -- In today's digital world it can be challenging to...
Towards a better understanding of the puzzling ‘droplets’ in the cell cytoplasm
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Hypertension and prehypertension underdiagnosed and undertreated in US children
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ASGCT announces plan to educate the public on gene editing
MILWAUKEE, WI --- On Nov. 21, 2016, the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) released Therapeutic Gene Editing:...
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